Waitress Writes Note To Mom On Receipt: Thanks Her For Breastfeeding, Buys Her a Pizza

Jackie Johnson-Smith shared her story about dinner at Fong's Pizza in downtown Des Moines on Sunday.

The waitress, Bodi Kinney, wrote a note on the family's receipt. It reads, "I bought one of your pizzas. Please thank your wife for breastfeeding!!"

"It's kind of a taboo and society kind of frowns upon it. We need to come together and support each other when it comes to nursing our children," Kinney told KCCI.

Wednesday, Johnson-Smith's story had more than 1,700 shares on Facebook.

The post reads, "I have breastfed three children... I have breastfed them in countless of places both pleasant and unpleasant, discreetly and out in the open. I have gotten many looks and stares, but tonight erases any negativity I have ever received.

"I ate at Fongs for the first time tonight. Having a fussy baby I nursed him for awhile in the booth and eventually left the table early as to not disrupt the restaurant. The waitress gave this receipt to my husband.

"I was speechless and emotional. Although I don't need a pat on the back for feeding my child, it sure felt amazing. It is amazing how we women can make each other feel when we empower each other."

After 663 shares of the story, Jackson-Smith wrote, "Let's make this wonderful experience common place and make all nursing mamas feel accepted wherever their nurslings need them."

Comments

I don't understand the American controversy over breastfeeding in public. IT'S WHAT BOOBS ARE FOR. Why is there even an issue? What reasoning could possibly make it indecent other than "ewwewwwwwww, BOOBS!"?

The main controversy point isn't breastfeeding, it's the women who just whip a tit out and let the kid suck on it, it's not the feeding itself, it's the fact it's technically public nudity, which in england is highly illegal (theres a reason they sell the modesty blankets for breast feeding)

Fatguy: Yeah, that is what a "tit" is for, dude.
I don´t have kids myself, but kow several women whose kid does not accept a blanket over its head.
Why do people make a problem out of nothing? Breast feeding does not stink, is not unsanitary and does not produce disgusting sounds, so what is it that offends people? If you don´t like the sight, just change seats like if you sat in front of an ugly person.

@FatGuy Dude, "whipping out a tit and letting the kid suck on it" IS THE FEEDING ITSELF! Also, our society is full of half naked women everywhere -advertisement, movies, games, etc. This, by contrast, is a situation in which there is absolutely no sexual context to the nudity (Have you SEEN the deflated nipple/boob look after feeding?). Any mature adult should realize that, and no kid will care.

My children would not allow a blanket to be put over their head while trying to cover up during breastfeeding. It was either, endure the evil stares or let my children go hungry. Which do you think I chose? While I didn't breastfeed long, I still understand what other women go through when they want to breastfeed. Some places have separate rooms for breastfeeding, but not a lot. And there's no way in hell I'll go into a bathroom that reeks of shit to breastfeed my kid. Some people just need to grow the fuck up.

The reason why it's offensive is because breasts are highly sexualized in our culture, and anything at all to do with sex + children is ABHORRENT OMG YOU ARE SCARRING CHILDREN FOR LIFE. Therefore, using a breast for its biological purpose of feeding children combines sex with children and that is OMFG WRONG.

Women should not be stigmatized for breastfeeding, they should not be forced to cover up in public, and they should not be forced to hide in nasty, disgusting bathrooms. Really we are sabotaging ourselves because breastfeeding is hand down, scientifically proven, to be the best way to feed your baby.

I dug all around on my facebook for this - THIS should be made a post: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/07/05/hollie-mcnish-breastfeeding_n_3552062.html

Huh. Weird. I guess where I've lived things are ass-backwards. Women are ALOT more likely to get yelled at and stigmatized for bottle feeding, and especially formula feeding. The women in that area are brutal about it.